Yup. The mainstream media story or talking point is that Russia invaded poor little helpless Ukraine who was just minding their own business. The reality is that the U.S., under Obama, and the likes of Soros and NATO:
1) overthrew the Ukrainian government in 2014
2) installed a NWO puppet
3) continued to advance and encroach on Russia’s sovereign border with the malicious intent to provoke Putin, essentially forcing his hand into a conflict
Why?
1) ensuring a loyal government to continue to allow and conceal global elites’ corruption
2) to put a stop to a nationalist Russian leader who was/is inhibiting their global government ambitions
3) to regain control of Russia’s wealth and natural resources
Putin countered in 2018 (iirc) by paying off Russia’s central bank (Rothschild) debts, thereby freeing Russia from the globalists puppet strings. This didn’t sit very well with TPTB. So they (NATO) countered by continuing to advance towards Russia’s border, threatening their sovereignty. Then, when Putin countered by taking military action (which they KNEW he would do), they immediately began to distribute the Russian boogeyman talking points to their faithful lackeys in the MSM, not just here in the US, but all over the world.
With all of that said, Russia is making prophetic Biblical alliances with the likes of Iran, Turkey, China, et Al. Germany will ultimately join this alliance in short order, along with much of the rest of the world eventually. So, is Putin the Antichrist? I don’t know for sure, but I highly doubt it because surely these ambitious globalists who seek a one world government will be aligned with the coming Antichrist. What I suspect is that Putin will continue to forge the aforementioned Biblical alliances but, at some point, he will be deposed from power and a new, NWO friendly leader will be installed. This new leader may well be the AC, or, at the very least, will play his part in re-allying Russia with the NWO, thereby ushering in the AC.